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303 Squadron: Battle of Britain
303 Squadron: Battle of Britain
World War II flight combat with aircraft maintenance between missions
60% positive 378 reviews
Ministry of Broadcast
Ministry of Broadcast
A dystopian puzzle-platformer built around a state-run reality TV competition
81% positive 378 reviews
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
Side-scrolling platformer where changing personalities transforms the world around you
83% positive 376 reviews
2 Ninjas 1 Cup
2 Ninjas 1 Cup
A demanding ninja action platformer with crude humor and instant respawns
79% positive 376 reviews
Horace
Horace
A robot's puzzle-platforming journey with abilities that bend physics
86% positive 374 reviews
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD
An arcade platformer about guiding monkeys inside rolling balls
58% positive 374 reviews
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark Demo
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark
2D horror adventure searching a ghost-haunted town for lost memories
87% positive 374 reviews
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum
Museum picture puzzles turn missing exhibits into pixel art
98% positive 373 reviews
Furious Angels
Furious Angels
An arcade shooter where you stop firing to repair your ship
86% positive 371 reviews
Perseus: Titan Slayer
Perseus: Titan Slayer
Hack-and-slash roguelike with branching choices and upgrades from Greek gods
65% positive 371 reviews
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
A precision rhythm platformer with tools to build and share levels
97% positive 371 reviews
And Yet It Moves Demo
And Yet It Moves
A physics-based puzzle-platformer where rotating the world opens new paths
80% positive 370 reviews
Plazma Being
Plazma Being
A 2D puzzle-platformer built around manipulating objects with energy powers
74% positive 370 reviews
Super Star Path
Super Star Path
Top-down space shooter where color matches open your path
81% positive 370 reviews
ATOMINE
ATOMINE
A twin-stick roguelite shooter about a virus infiltrating computer systems
73% positive 370 reviews
Railroads & Catacombs
Railroads & Catacombs
A tactical roguelike deckbuilder with a train as your base
74% positive 370 reviews
CATch the Stars
CATch the Stars
A mouse-controlled puzzle game about choosing which star moves next
98% positive 370 reviews
The Deer
The Deer
An educational adventure through the Ice Age as a deer
72% positive 368 reviews
RATUZ Demo
RATUZ
A horror platformer about escaping a prison where experiments go wrong
88% positive 368 reviews
THYSIASTERY
THYSIASTERY
Turn-based dungeon crawling with permanent character death and randomly generated recruits
80% positive 368 reviews
Hade
Hade
Minimalist puzzle game built on simple rules and complex combinations
89% positive 367 reviews
Flywrench
Flywrench
Precision flying action where each maneuver changes your ship’s color
96% positive 365 reviews
Skirmish Line
Skirmish Line
Top-down World War II defense with randomized Japanese assaults
88% positive 365 reviews
Epigraph
Epigraph
Single-player language puzzle about decoding inscriptions on seven artifacts
86% positive 365 reviews